Many were desensitized by the early, totally unmoderated internet.
i remember going to ogrish.com and thinking “wow the internet is fucking great,” and trolling people on AIM chat before anyone called it “trolling.” then i grew up
Being 12 and visiting rotten.com with your friends after class was our passage to adulthood ritual
yea, weird to think i can’t really look at that kind of stuff anymore. even the charlie kirk murder–i watched the uncensored front row footage and said “ok, i never need to watch this, or anything like it ever again”